W. Somerset Maugham

Name: W. Somerset Maugham
Released: 1969-06-03

1969 · Drama · 2 Seasons · 26 Episodes · 0.0

An anthology series based on the varied stories by W. Somerset Maugham divided into three categories: "Rule Britannia" about colonial life, "Women of the World" which focus on female characters, and "Victims of Fate".

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E11. A Casual Affair1969-06-03Jack Almond, once a rising star in the foreign office, is found dead in a Malaysian opium den. Beside him is a pile of letters charting his downfall which began when he fall in love with Lady Diana Kastellan.E22. The Back of Beyond1969-06-10Knobby and Tom are a pair of best friends in Malaya. They both get married at the same time and when the wives become best friends as well everything seems to be perfect until Knobby and Tom's wife fall in love.E33. The Creative Impulse1969-06-17Mrs. Albert Forrester, the writer of high-brow but low-selling poetry and essays, writes a bestselling mystery novel. Where did she find the inspiration and what is the secret behind her marriage to a boring businessman?E44. The Letter1969-06-24A planter's wife shoots down a family friend, claiming that he tried to rape her. But someone very close to the dead man holds a letter, in the woman's handwriting, that casts a very different light on the fatal night's events.E55. A Man with a Conscience1969-07-01A young man is imprisoned for killing his wife. Was it an accident, as he claims, or was it murder?E66. The Three Fat Women of Antibes1969-07-08While staying at a fat farm, Frank, Arrow, and Beatrice bond over their love of bridge. They become best friends and begin taking annual holidays to Antibes but trouble arises one year when Frank invites her effortlessly thin cousin along.E77. P. and O.1969-07-15A woman leaves Japan after learning of her husband's affair. On the voyage to England, she meets a planter dying of a curse placed on him by the lover he left behind. Meanwhile, the ship's doctor is in love with a married passenger.E88. Lord Mountdrago1969-07-22Lord Mountdrago, the foreign minister, humiliates a political rival in parliament for fun after which the man begins haunting his dreams. As the line between dreams and reality blurs, Mountdrago's guilt starts driving him insane.E99. Louise1969-07-29A young woman uses her potentially fatal heart condition as a means to lead a life of luxury and indulgence.E1010. Episode1969-08-05A middle-class girl and her working-class fellow are bound by true love in defiance of the wishes of the girl's parents; then the beau is pinched when it's discovered he's been stealing to finance their Sunday outings.E1111. Mother Love1969-08-12Laura Clayton, a respectable American woman, marries an Italian playboy. At first, their marriage is blissful but after he returns to his old habits of drinking and gambling, Laura becomes more and more drawn towards his father.E1212. The Fall of Edward Barnard1969-08-19A young up-and-coming businessman leaves for Tahiti to earn money and is never seen again. Two years later, his best friend goes after him and finds him living in squalor with the natives.E1313. Before the Party1969-08-26Still in proper mourning following the death of her husband, a colonial administrator, in the East, a young widow reveals to her stiff upper-class London family that her husband was no paragon but a hopeless drunkard, and that his death was not caused by a tropical fever.

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